There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
BACKHANDED
backhanded
(adjective) roundabout or ambiguous; “attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity”; “a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal”
backhanded, backhand(a)
(adjective) (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
With the back of the hand.
Involving a backward flip of the hand.
Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Indirect.
Backwards, turned around.
(of writing) inclining to the left
Retrospective, occurring after the fact rather than in advance.
Self-serving, corrupt, slipshod, or neglectful.
Verb
backhanded
simple past tense and past participle of backhand
Adverb
backhanded (comparative more backhanded, superlative most backhanded)
In a backhanded manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Back"hand`ed, a.
1. With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.
2. Indirect; awkward; insincere; sarcastic; as, a backhanded compliment.
3. Turned back, or inclining to the left; as, a backhanded letters.
BACKHAND
Back"hand`, n. Etym: [Back, adv. + hand.]
Definition: A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.
Back"hand`, a.
1. Sloping from left to right; -- said of handwriting.
2. Backhanded; indirect; oblique. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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